Should we be made to pay for dilapidations?
02-Nov-2006
Ian Parker, now of the Three Kings in Sleaford Lincolnshire, asks if Punch acted legally when it deducted money from him to fund the dilapidations on...
Griffin on the market with low rent
26-Oct-2006
A leasehold with a low rent in rural Lincolnshire is up for sale. The Griffin Inn at Irnham has a rent of £6,000 a year and according to agents the...
THE AGENTS
26-Oct-2006
David Morgan chartered surveyor and managing director of Cookseys DMP Next July we are faced with a classic Catch-22 scenario regarding the...
Independence day
19-Oct-2006 By Phil Dixon
Phil Dixon turns the traditional pub tenancy agreement on its head and suggests an open-ended, flexible approach as an alternative way forward I...
12-Oct-2006 By The PMA Team
A survey by the Morning Advertiser into property sales at public auction by London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (LESG) has revealed receipts of around £155m.
DoneDeals
12-Oct-2006
Kelstedge Inn Kelstedge Derbyshire GA Select has sold the private free-of-tie lease on behalf of Shirley Finney. Mr and Mrs Slack paid close to the...
THE AGENTS
12-Oct-2006
In recent months, we have seen many new leasehold pubs coming onto the market. This sector tends to attract either first-time buyers or experienced...
Punch's huge regrouping
12-Oct-2006
Is it possible for one company to run successful managed and tenanted and leasehold estates? Graham Ridout reports on Punch's model of how the two can co-exist and its approach for the future
Ex-licensees warned over reassigned leases
12-Oct-2006
Thousands of ex-licensees could face legal action from pub companies for reassigning their leases to unsuccessful tenants. The issue has been raised...
05-Oct-2006
London & Edinburgh Swallow Group's collapse has been a nightmare for licensees caught up in the demise of this deeply flawed operation. But our...
THE AGENTS
05-Oct-2006
Demand for freehold licence premises is still extremely strong and the rise in interest rates has not affected this in a major way. However, we have...
05-Oct-2006
Hundreds of London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (LESG) licensees face the extraordinary prospect of a direct relationship with the freehold owner of their pub in the wake of the company's collapse.
How do I take on pubco over 67% rent rise?
05-Oct-2006
I have run a country pub in a village for nearly four years on a fully-tied lease with a pubco. I paid £75,000 for the 25-year lease and the rent...
Letting by Thwaites close to completion
28-Sep-2006
Flexibility when it comes to negotiating leases or tenancies has helped make the Thwaites letting campaign a success, according to selling agent...
PickoftheWeek
28-Sep-2006
The Social Cardiff Price: £875,000 Tenure: Freehold Turnover: £497,153 Agent: James A Baker 01225 789343 The Social, a popular music venue, has a...
Fortune, then LESG took a huge tumble
28-Sep-2006
A few more words on the demise of London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (LESG) seem appropriate. This is, after all, the most worrying collapse since...
Pay up or you'll lose pub, LESG hosts told
28-Sep-2006 By Tony Halstead
Tenants of the collapsed London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (LESG) have been told to keep up rental and insurance payments or risk seeing their...
Tax breaks boost the market
26-Sep-2006 By James Wilmore
A new demand is emerging for freehold pubs and bars outside that of owner operators and pub companies. It seems individual 'buy to let' investors are...
London & Edinburgh licensees need support
21-Sep-2006
London & Edinburgh Swallow Group (L&ES) licensees have slammed the company for failing to help them as it slid into administration. The...
H&W tenanted sites offered as leasehold
21-Sep-2006 By Lucy Britner
Hall & Woodhouse is converting some of its tenanted estate into leasehold. The Dorset-based brewery has instructed Christie+Co to market 11...
MyShout
14-Sep-2006
Barry Gillham says that pubcos need to resolve rent disputes quickly and cheaply
Pub letting firm faces 'strike off'
14-Sep-2006
Companies House records show a proposal to strike off Kingsley Knight, the pub letting firm set up by pub operating company Provence. Bury-based...
A taxing issue
07-Sep-2006 By James Wilmore
I am about to take on a leasehold pub and my new landlord is offering me either a rent-free period or a capital contribution to help me fit it out....
Preparation is key
07-Sep-2006
. Get ready for market Before putting your lease on the market, check it for any obligations or constraints it places upon you in order to assign...
PickoftheWeek
31-Aug-2006
Blue Bell Belmesthorpe Lincolnshire Price: £525,000 Tenure: Freehold Wet:dry: 100% wet Agent: Christie+Co 0115 9483100 The Blue Bell is three miles...
29-Aug-2006 By Lucy Britner
Pub companies are missing out on thousands of pounds by not charging premiums for quality managed houses being converted to lease, according to Christie+Co director Colin Wellstead. NEW COMMENT
17-Aug-2006 By Tony Halstead
Fewer than 50 Punch licensees have exercised their right to jettison the beer tie which would enable them to negotiate lucrative free-trade prices...
03-Aug-2006 By Lucy Britner
More than 150 potential lease applicants have attended a second round of Punch Taverns roadshows hosted by property agent Christie+Co.
Legal advice: Prepare to repair
26-Jun-2006
If you are a tenant whose lease is coming to an end you are fairly certain to receive a notice from your landlord a few months before the lease...
Massive Putney pub for auction at £2.5m
22-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team
A public auction in London next month sees the completion of another innovative property deal by Massive Pub Company, the multiple leasehold group...
Ex-Provence tenants pursued over 'debts'
22-Jun-2006 By Ewan Turney
Provence, the company that sells pub freeholds at auction with a lease back to itself, is pursuing a a number of former tenants over alleged debt....
Publicans sign up to net gains
31-May-2006
Effective communication between landlords and tenants is at the heart of a successful pub industry. Behind that lies the relationship between the...
24-May-2006 By The PMA Team
Provence, the controversial firm that sells pub freeholds at auction with a lease back to itself, is offering tenants lower rents in return for a tie...
15-May-2006 By The PMA Team
Tattershall Castle Group, the company that bought 178 high street sites from Sprit last August, has sold 18 leased sites to a new entrant, Free...
11-May-2006 By Lucy Britner
A trade expert has blasted unfair tenancy and lease agreements - saying they would "only attract the attention of idiots". Barry Gillham, chairman of...
Some tenancy agreements are only going to be signed by idiots
11-May-2006
Fleurets chairman Barry Gillham asks the trade to think about the lessee when considering tenancy deals
Lease Query
07-Apr-2006
I paid £12000 to help out a "friend" who wanted to take over the Greyhound pub in early 2005. I decided to go on the lease myself as well in...
30-Mar-2006 By Ewan Turney
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has "snubbed" the key recommendations of the Trade & Industry Select Committee
New breed emerging in race for pub tenancies
23-Mar-2006 By MA Reporter
Pubcos are finding entrepreneurs who previously put their money into burger chains, print shops and other franchise operations are emerging as a new...
16-Mar-2006 By The PMA Team
Trade body calls on MPs to review help for hosts
Pubcos start to address upward-only rent reviews
15-Mar-2006
The pub trade is making strides to end upward-only rent reviews, say leading property agents. They have refuted claims made by the Federation of...
Legal advice: Are poor high street sales affecting pubs?
07-Feb-2006
By thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.Read any of the January financial pages and you will get the clear...
Legal advice: Making a clean break
03-Feb-2006
A look at leases and the problems that can come with terminating them.By Keith Miller of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London...
Do your homework and roll up your sleeves
02-Feb-2006
Advice for licensees
Shake up in the Spirit world
26-Jan-2006
The next two years will see the biggest en masse transfer of managed pubs into tenanted and leased houses in 10 years. Swathes of existing Spirit...
RENTWATCH
26-Jan-2006
Licensee Paul Dearing thought fate had dealt him a cruel hand when Punch decided to more than triple his rent at the Kings Arms in Newport, East...
Smoking ban to start affecting property prices this year
05-Jan-2006
The issue of smoking in pubs looks set to have the biggest impact on property prices over the next year, leading property agents have...
Charles Wells to offer franchise agreements
01-Dec-2005
by John Harrington Bedford pub operator Charles Wells is offering all new and existing licensees the chance to become franchisees after a successful...
70 pubcos end upward-only rent agreements
01-Dec-2005
reviews as part of a new code of practice on leases and tenancies drawn up by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).
My Shout - Stamp Duty
01-Dec-2005
Barry Gillham takes a looks at the effect of stamp duty reform and finds the new system unfair It is two years (to the day!) since Stamp Duty Land...
